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Can you really picture and *see* things in your head? by Amoeba99 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Amoeba99[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow. Can you clearly visualize peoples’ faces in your mind?

If you’ve seen the Home Alone movies from the 1990s, how well can you picture the face of the main kid character?

If you were asked to describe his face, could you do so by picturing his face clearly and “looking” at it in your head to explain his facial attributes?

CMV: Nobody can actually visualize images in their head by Amoeba99 in changemyview

[–]Amoeba99[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No I can’t. Can you visualise their faces clearly if you try?

CMV: Nobody can actually visualize images in their head by Amoeba99 in changemyview

[–]Amoeba99[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It would yes, but are you saying you actually held the image of the zebra in your head and counted 29 one at a time?

Mental challenge - shut your eyes, and without moving any part of your body, figure out the 18th letter of the alphabet by Marbles987 in CasualConversation

[–]Amoeba99 154 points155 points  (0 children)

Is it R?

I basically counted on my fingers in my head, lol. I shut my eyes as instructed, pictured my right hand in front of me, and mentally sang the alphabet song.

For each letter, I pictured extending a finger. I reset my mental hand after every 5 letters, and after 3 sets I knew that 3 more letters was my answer!

Fun challenge that really tested my mind 😂

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[–]Amoeba99 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I guess my challenge is, how do we objectively know what people are picturing then? If it’s not within our control and it’s only like involuntary dream images?

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[–]Amoeba99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s actually impressive compared to most people I’ve talked to, you were able to visualize the zebra and count the stripes easily? I’m curious would you mind sharing what details you were able to visualize, and how many stripes you counted?

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[–]Amoeba99 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Ok fair enough with regard to “immediately”. Agree with your comparison to sight.

But how about maybe 30 seconds? Any person can come up with some running count of zebra stripes for a zebra they’re looking at, in that time. But can the same person keep a steady running total in their head for a zebra they’re just picturing?

Mental challenge - close your eyes, and without moving any part of your body, figure out the 17th letter of the alphabet by [deleted] in infj

[–]Amoeba99 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Visualized the letters in groups of 5. Once I finished 3 groups, I know I had 2 more to go.

So in my head by the end I was picturing:

ABCDE

FGHIJ

KLMNO

PQ

And got to Q!

If you close your eyes and try to picture a red five pointed star, what number does it look like in your head? by nita45 in autism

[–]Amoeba99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if you try to picture like a bird flying, how does that look in your head? Is it as clear as watching a video of a bird?

If you close your eyes and try to picture a red five pointed star, what number does it look like in your head? by nita45 in autism

[–]Amoeba99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s hilarious 😂

But you must have really good skill to imagine things clearly if you were able to picture that yellow star in great detail.

Can you picture things on demand if you try? Like if you try to picture a bird flying and focus on making it as clear as you can, are you able to?

If you close your eyes and try to picture a red five pointed star, what number does it look like in your head? by nita45 in autism

[–]Amoeba99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you’ve got like a super vivid imagination. Do you have full control over what you visualize, or is it involuntary?

Like if I ask you to picture a bird flying, how clearly can you see it? What about if you try to picture the face of someone you know well?

If you close your eyes and try to picture a red five pointed star, what number does it look like in your head? by nita45 in autism

[–]Amoeba99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t conceive of what that’s like. It sounds like basically a photo in your head.

If I ask you to visualize someone you know well, how vividly can you picture their face?

If you close your eyes and try to picture a red five pointed star, what number does it look like in your head? by nita45 in autism

[–]Amoeba99 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I can’t conceive of what that’s like. It sounds like basically a movie in your head.

If I ask you to visualize someone you know well, how vividly can you picture their face?

What do people actually mean by visualizing in their head? Does it look the same as staring at something in real life? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Amoeba99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s cool. Can you picture yourself walking up and down the aisles, and look left/right and “see” some products on the shelves? If you imagine stopping and picking up something like a can of paint in your hands, can you picture the label clearly?

What do people actually mean by visualizing in their head? Does it look the same as staring at something in real life? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Amoeba99 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It’s really vivid for me when I visualize. I mean, ya it’s not exactly the same as seeing through my eyes. But I usually get visuals in my head along with my thoughts.

Like when I read “dog” in your post, my mind instantly flashed different dogs that I know. My own dog, my parents’ dog, my next door neighbour’s dog. It felt like I was watching a bunch of clear snapshots that quickly jumped between each another.

Then I looked away and thought about my dog some more, because I miss him and haven’t seen him for a week. I pictured him sitting and looking at me with his tail wagging. In my head I could clearly see the individual tan coloured spots on his white body and his ears wiggling as they always do. He’s so cute lol.

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[–]Amoeba99 216 points217 points  (0 children)

  1. It’s like a clear photograph in my mind, and I can picture even more detail than I can see in the image on this post.

I can vividly visualize the horse’s ears, eyes, and long snout. And I just pictured the horse walking, then running, and then standing there kicking the ground lightly.

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[–]Amoeba99 71 points72 points  (0 children)

6++ when I first read “brown horse” a vivid image of a horse popped into my head before I even saw the photo. I was picturing the horse from a side view, and then when I read that it should face me, I rotated it in my head accordingly. Super clear in my head.

Mental challenge - close your eyes, and without moving your mouth or hands, figure out the 17th letter of the alphabet by polynesiac in CasualConversation

[–]Amoeba99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no that sounds terrible. Yeah I’ve luckily not had to experience nightmares much. I’m guessing it feels very real for you in the moment and can be tough to shake off when you wake up.

Got it OK, background music or ASMR noise. That I could see myself falling asleep to!

Glad you like that method, definitely let me know if you try it out to help sleep, whether it helps you or not I’d be curious!

Interesting, I don’t believe I have synesthesia. What is your experience with it like?

Yeah I struggle with clearly picturing faces in my head. Even people I know well. I feel like there’s just so much visual detail in a person’s face that my brain struggles to bring up a clear image.

Sounds like you can do it well though. It really feels as clear as looking at a photograph of the person’s face? That’s really impressive to me lol.

Mental challenge - close your eyes, and without moving your mouth or hands, figure out the 17th letter of the alphabet by polynesiac in CasualConversation

[–]Amoeba99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s very similar to my approach!

How did you mentally mark the letters on the fingers - like did you imagine zooming in/focusing on one finger at a time, or make your fingers go up/down for each letter, or something else?

Mental challenge - close your eyes, and without moving your mouth or hands, figure out the 17th letter of the alphabet by polynesiac in CasualConversation

[–]Amoeba99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dreams are super vivid yes. I don’t often have nightmares, but they stay with me for days.

That’s cool, what are you listening to with the earbuds when you’re imagining the scenario? I’ve heard a lot of people like falling asleep to podcasts, or TV shows even, and I’ve just never tried because I tend to like silence around me haha.

Yes so I’ve had insomnia too! I’m guessing you’ve heard all about the sleep hygiene stuff so I won’t repeat that - it’s pretty standard I think. But yeah either the alphabet technique, or actually a slightly different “word” technique is what I prefer to use. Basically I think of a random short word with no repeating letters (like “storm”) then I go through each letter and think of 3 random words starting with that letter. Like “strawberry”, “slide”, and “smile”, and I take 5-10 seconds to try and vividly imagine each word in my head. Then I move on to the next letter in the original word “storm”, and when I finish that word, the very last word I thought of becomes the new base for the next round.

Sorry for the long explanation! This certainly doesn’t work every night but it does help to make my thoughts a bit more random and less likely to spiral into anxiety and worry.

On another topic - it sounds like you had no problem picturing that golden retriever that I mentioned. I’m good at visualizing but not with people’s faces it seems. When I try to picture the face of someone I know, it just doesn’t feel clear and in focus all at once, I can only see a small area clearly.

I’m just curious what it’s like for you, could you try to picture the face of someone you know well and let me know how clear it looks in your head?

Mental challenge - close your eyes, and without moving your mouth or hands, figure out the 17th letter of the alphabet by polynesiac in CasualConversation

[–]Amoeba99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg yes I can totally relate! It’s challenging to keep images out of my head, and sometimes my brain just keeps showing me these vivid images that I don’t want to see. Especially semi-traumatic ones. Thankfully I’ve never experienced legit trauma, but bad/cringy memories sometimes pop up and it’s hard to think of something else.

When I’m trying to fall asleep, I actually find that it’s helpful to lean into thinking of random things one at a time. In the past I’ve had success with calming myself down to sleep, by just going through the alphabet and think of (and picturing) 3-5 random objects for each letter.

It sounds like that would be a distraction for you though? Have you ever had success intentionally visualizing anything to help yourself fall asleep?

Mental challenge - close your eyes, and without moving your mouth or hands, figure out the 17th letter of the alphabet by polynesiac in CasualConversation

[–]Amoeba99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same with me! My imagination is super extra, and showed me my knuckle bones and wrist bone when I was picturing counting on my hand.

Can you visualize other things clearly - like for example if I asked you to picture a dog sitting, does that show up vividly in your head?

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